An Iranian Forestry Organization official denied on Wednesday that the harvesting and smuggling of soil in Iran's UNESC World Heritage-designated Hyrcanian forests has reached a threatening level.
Iran says it has it seized a United Arab Emirates ship for violating its territorial waters earlier this week and that U.A.E. coastguards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same day.
Iran unveiled on Thursday two new homegrown ballistic and cruise missiles, amid tension with the United States over the U.S. move to reimpose U.N. sanctions and restore the arms embargo against the country.
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia and China, with sanctions if they oppose the U.S. move to reimpose U.N. sanctions against Iran.
A court of appeals in Iran has affirmed sentences against a Christian pastor and his wife for propagating their religion.
The Trump administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on two aviation companies in the United Arab Emirates over their work for an Iranian airline already under U.S. sanctions.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is allegedly set to endorse the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in a visit to the United Nations on Thursday.
Iran has rejected U.S. accusations that Tehran has paid the Afghan Taliban to kill U.S. troops.
The attorney of outspoken dissident Mohammad Nourizad said on Tuesday that his client has been sentenced to prison, lashes and exile for his presence in front of a courthouse in Mashhad last year where another dissident was on trial.
Iran's security and judicial officials appear to be determined to put more pressure on Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent rights defender serving a long jail term.
In an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said he does not play the role of postman in Iraq.
Iranian lawmakers have proposed a bill to have the country automatically withdraw from the JCPOA if UN sanctions are reimposed.
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